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Our nurses had the attendant get
her something to eat and drink
and some blankets to keep her
warm. They arranged for one of
the passengers to switch seats so
that her husband could sit with
her and only returned to their
own seats when they felt that she
was stable.
Employee Recognition
Our team checked on her Ann Shea, BSN, RN
periodically for the remainder
of the fl ight and encouraged Cohen Children’s Medical Center
her to keep hydrated when
traveling and to remember
to take her medications. They Ambulatory Services Achievement Award Winner -
Northern Westchester Hospital’s Magnet Nurses received their second designation at the Magnet also encouraged her to make 2017 OR Manager Conference
Conference in Houston, Texas and gave aid to a woman on the fl ight back home to New York. offi cials aware of her issues when
traveling so that her husband Ann Shea is made for delivering the fi nest patient care and
could be seated with her. They
Northern Westchester Hospital encouraged her husband to have maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety.
She graduated from Molloy College with her BSN in 1994
her checked by a physician when
Nursing excellence – we landed. and began her career as a clinical nurse in the adult cardiac
care unit at LIJ Medical Center. Seeking new challenges,
she transitioned from the adult care arena to pediatrics in
This is just one of the many
everywhere we go! examples of the quality of 1997, beginning her journey as a Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit nurse and assistant nurse manager at Cohen Children’s
the nursing staff of Northern
Medical Center. Ann has also mentored and helped advance
Westchester Hospital. Even
away from home and in the air the careers of countless new and seasoned nurses. In 2016,
Ann broadened her area of expertise when she became the
our nurses are top notch.
By Pam Werner, Nursing Staff President nurse manager for the pediatric ambulatory surgical unit,
pre-surgical testing unit, and MRI/sedated procedures unit
at Cohen Children’s. Ann has built an environment of trust

It’s exciting when you get to put fl ight attendant that she wasn’t around. At fi rst, it appeared as if and collegiality on the unit. She has participated in multiple
your values into real-life action. feeling well. At that point several she might have had a stroke. As quality and safety initiatives. Her work in nursing has aligned
This happened to the nursing of my colleagues - Tracey Boyd, the woman became more alert her current practice to mentor nurses in evidenced based
team at Northern Westchester Tracey Lander, Anne Winkler and and her vital signs stabilized, she and nursing research to provide optimal care to the patients
Hospital when we returned home Gail Leak Urbanak – sprang into was embarrassed because this and families.
from the Magnet® conference action. had happened to her before. She
in Houston after just receiving was dehydrated. They had been
Magnet re-designation. The woman was unresponsive traveling all day and had not
with a barely palpable pulse. They had anything to eat or drink and
On the fi ght home, the fl ight got the other two people out of she had not taken her cardiac
attendant approached a female the row and laid her down on medication.
passenger near us who told the the seats. She started to come
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